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October 12, 2020

Amazon Prime Day: My Top 5 Picks

Fly Fierce Fab Top 5 Amazon Prime Day Picks Post

Amazon Prime Day starts tomorrow October 13th, and continues through October 14th. To help you get your shopping list ready, I thought I'd give you guys a quick rundown on 5 of my favorite things that I've purchased on Amazon. In no particular order, here we go: 1) Hair Steamer !function(w,i,d,g,e,t){d.getElementById(i)||(element=d.createElement(t),element.id=i,element.src="https://widgets.rewardstyle.com"+e,d.body.appendChild(element)),w.hasOwnProperty(g)===!0&&"complete"===d.readyState&&w[g].init()}(window,"shopthepost-script",document,"__stp","/js/sh[...]

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October 11, 2020

Nars Soft Matte Complete Foundation Review

I recently picked up the new NARS Soft Matte Complete Foundation from Sephora (Retail, $40). I've always heard great things about NARS foundations, but before this new foundation, all the others by NARS weren't geared for oily skin. So when I tried them in the past, I wound up looking super greasy and oily about an hour after application. No bueno. When I heard that they were dropping a matte foundation, I celebrated the win for us oily girls and decided to check it out. Since you still can't touch testers in-store at Sephora, I used the shade match tool on Se[...]

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August 20, 2020

Sephora Sale Picks

Sephora's Welcome Back Sale kicked off last week and continues until August 23rd online and in stores. All Beauty Insider Members (which is free to join!) will receive $15 off a $75 or more purchase, or $20 off $100 or more when they use the code WELCOMEBACK. I also want to remind you guys that Sephora has been offering 10% off of all purchases for healthcare workers, but I'm not sure if this is combinable with the welcome back sale or how long that will continue. I love a good Sephora sale, and it's a great time to re-stock your staple products or even try so[...]

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August 13, 2020

My Top 3 Grown & Sexy Perfumes

When it comes to perfume, I'm pretty picky. It's rare that I'm in the beauty section of a store, and smell a perfume that screams my name. I like sweet scents, along with warm florals, and sometimes slightly masculine scents. Over the past year, I built up my perfume collection a little bit, as I was on a quest to find myself a grown and sexy signature scent. I've come a long way from Love Spell and Britney Spears Fantasy back in the day. Here are 3 of my top Grown & Sexy perfumes: 1) Tom Ford Velvet Orchid !function(w,i,d,g,e,t){d.getElementById(i)[...]

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August 12, 2020

My Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Beauty Picks

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2020 Beauty Picks

We're inching closer and closer to general public access for the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale (is the 19th circled on your calendar? Because it's circled on mine), and tomorrow those with Insider status get access. I ran down all my picks for the sale in a previous post (including those $50 Ugg Slides), and today I wanted to focus on my beauty picks since there are some great deals in the beauty department. From brushes by Luxie Beauty (I love their face brushes) to that MAC Fix+ Trio for $35, there are quite a few things worth checking out. Also, there's a[...]

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August 11, 2020

Skinfix Barrier+ Foaming Oil Cleanser Review

Back when I was trying to get my skincare routine together, I realized that I needed to replace my go-to facial cleanser. The one that I was using at the time seemed to be really drying out my skin (I have oily skin, and my face was starting to feel really dry and stripped). I wanted to find something that would be gentle, yet effective at cleansing my skin without leaving it feeling stripped. Skinfix's Barrier+ Foaming Oil Cleanser came to my rescue. I remembered being given a sample of a facial cleanser at the first Gen Beauty in New York years ago (and lik[...]

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July 28, 2020

How to apply your lace front wig without glue

When I first started wearing lace front wigs, I would always use wig glue. The only thing is I felt like I needed to take breaks with wig glue, and wouldn't keep my wigs on for more than 5 days at a time with it (I broke out after keeping my wig on for longer than that when I tried Ghost Bond. I later had much better experiences with Bold Hold, but still wanted to get away from glue when I can). If I wasn't using wig glue, I did the Got2BGlued method. The only thing with Got2BGlued is that it can be messy, it can take a while, and it can go left quickly. On a few[...]

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July 16, 2020

5 things I wish I knew when I started wearing wigs

Fly Fierce Fab RPGSHow Anthony Cuts 037 Wig

The year was 2014. All my favorite black beauty girls on YouTube were starting to talk more about wigs, and do hair reviews on their channels. Intrigued, I did a ton of research and bought me some hair. I splurged on some "Brazillian Natural Curl" bundles and a closure, and a straight clip-in piece from another company (which was a whole mess. Whew chile), I sat down and recorded my very first YouTube videos to document my new journey. Eventually, after watching some videos by PhillyzJamPoet, I felt confident enough to try out some synthetic wigs as well.[...]

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July 15, 2020

The best lashes on Ali Express

Fly Fierce Fab Ali Express VisoFree Official D22 Lashes

I ain't even gon' hold you, ya girl used to be a lash snob. If it wasn't Iconic, Queen B, Honey B, Miami, etc. I wasn't trying to hear you. Until one day when I was binge-watching makeup tutorials, one of my fave beauty influencers was talking about some lashes she bought on eBay (a pack of 5, for 0.99 and they were cute!). Intrigued, I bought a bunch, and while they were super cute (and I bought tons more, and wore them in my old makeup tutorials on YouTube) they just didn't hit for me like the lashes I was used to. Then makeup twitter started talking ab[...]

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May 12, 2019

Graduation Makeup Tutorial | Snatch Their Edges While You Snatch Your Diploma!

Fly Fierce Fab Graduation Makeup Tutorial

It's Grad SZN! Congratulations to the class of 2019, I wanted to do a makeup tutorial that might give you some inspo for your big day. This look has some of the same elements from my makeup look when graduated last year (literally a year ago today. RIC '18, B.S. Biology, B.A. Music, B.A. Theatre. cum laude). I basically wanted a soft glam eye, flawless skin, and a highlight that hit the folks as I crossed the stage. Products Used: P Louise Base Rumour 05 P Louise Secret Sinner Palette Morphe 35O2 Palette Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Glam Palette NYX Epic Bla[...]

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